When deep space bounty hunters Gunn and Salvo chase down a teenager linked to the catastrophic loss of a space station, everything about the job feels off.
No-one comes in peace. Every being in the galaxy wants something, and is willing to take it by force.
The Hedalt were no different. They came from the distant reaches of the galaxy to wage war. Their fleet wanted to take Earth for its prize, but we were ready. We were stronger.
The world as we know it has come to an end, and humanity's only hope may be a man who cannot survive without the aid of a robotic suit. Fortunately, that suit is one of the most powerful weapons ever created.
The best survive basic training…but only the luckiest survive the Cull.
Why? Because that's how humanity's alien masters run their empire. And the Human Marine Corps fights and dies for them.
The outlying star systems of Terra are disappearing, one by one. Without warning. Without a trace. The Republic is quick to lay blame on the Drakon Confederation, humanity's oldest, and greatest foe. But Admiral Drex of the Fifth Fleet knows something isn't adding up.
Eight stunning new tales from well-known authors and fresh voices. This is the eighth in the prestigious BEYOND THE STARS space opera anthology series, and inside are intrigue and passion, aliens, battles, and a bit of intergalactic romance.
Overseeing a mining operation in the middle of nowhere on a warship with more bark than bite, Captain Frank Olsen has a problem.
A chance discovery has suddenly thrown his dig into the galactic spotlight and every power in the region, both friend and foe, is descending on Olsen's location.
It...
When ships belonging to the powerful New Earth Tribunal are mysteriously stolen, they dispatch one of their best agents to find the culprits.
Sage Volus. Tribunal Executor. Spy.
Ozzy Mack went to Mars to make money. The newly discovered ancient ruins were a gold mine for the black-market archeologist. When aliens invade, wiping out all life on earth, Mars becomes the last bastion of humanity. The plague the aliens used on Earth is coming to Mars…
A disrespected ship, exiled to lonely patrol in the dark corners of the solar system.
A crew of screw-ups, written off by the entire fleet.
They're about to change everything.
If they don't blow themselves up first.